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How did Susana Mendoza spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Susana Mendoza's election campaign committee, Friends for Susana Mendoza For Comptroller, spent $110,262 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Mendoza's committee spent the most on fund raising - services in the quarter, with all those payments ($40,314) going to KJD Strategies in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Mendoza's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Fund raising - services
$40,314
36.6%
Payroll
$25,186
22.8%
Polling
$8,032
7.3%
Taxes - federal
$7,971
7.2%
T-shirts
$6,166
5.6%
Mileage expenses
$3,989
3.6%
Promotional items
$3,838
3.5%
Software platform
$2,411
2.2%
State taxes
$2,263
2.1%
Advertising - digital
$1,823
1.7%
Employee payroll taxes
$1,519
1.4%
Membership fee
$1,050
1%
Merchant transaction fee
$866
0.8%
Meals
$856
0.8%
Website expenses
$694
0.6%
Candidate lodging
$500
0.5%
Website design
$475
0.4%
Graphic design
$426
0.4%
Air fare - candidate
$406
0.4%
Photography
$378
0.3%
Printing
$340
0.3%
Tickets
$300
0.3%
Accounting fees
$175
0.2%
Flowers
$151
0.1%
Staff lodging
$124
0.1%

Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
KJD Strategies
2016-04-11
$10,314
Fund raising - services
KJD Strategies
2016-06-06
$10,000
Fund raising - services
KJD Strategies
2016-05-02
$10,000
Fund raising - services
KJD Strategies
2016-05-24
$10,000
Fund raising - services
Global Strategy Group, LLC
2016-05-06
$8,032
Polling
Union Signs & Printing
2016-05-12
$6,012
T-shirts
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-06-07
$2,960
Promotional items
Lauren Peters
2016-06-30
$2,444
Payroll
Lauren Peters
2016-04-14
$2,329
Payroll
Lauren Peters
2016-04-28
$2,329
Payroll
Lauren Peters
2016-05-12
$2,244
Payroll
Lauren Peters
2016-06-14
$2,244
Payroll
Lauren Peters
2016-05-31
$2,244
Payroll
United States Treasury
2016-05-23
$1,604
Taxes - federal
United States Treasury
2016-06-10
$1,604
Taxes - federal
United States Treasury
2016-06-28
$1,604
Taxes - federal
United States Treasury
2016-05-09
$1,519
Taxes - federal
United States Treasury
2016-04-21
$1,519
Taxes - federal
United States Treasury
2016-04-07
$1,519
Employee payroll taxes
Susana Mendoza
2016-04-19
$1,314
Mileage expenses
Susana Mendoza
2016-05-13
$1,311
Mileage expenses
Andre J. Washington
2016-05-31
$1,096
Payroll
Andre J. Washington
2016-04-28
$1,096
Payroll
Andre J. Washington
2016-04-14
$1,096
Payroll
Andre J. Washington
2016-06-30
$1,096
Payroll

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